{ "batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: anchor", "summary": "Kansas criminal law is K.S.A. Chapter 21, \"Crimes and Punishments\"; the nonconsensual-image offense sits in Article 61, \"Crimes Involving Violations of Personal Rights,\" on the Kansas Revisor of Statutes index.", "body": "Kansas criminal law is K.S.A. Chapter 21, \"Crimes and Punishments\"; the nonconsensual-image offense sits in Article 61, \"Crimes Involving Violations of Personal Rights,\" on the Kansas Revisor of Statutes index.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“Article 61.—CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL RIGHTS 21-6101 Breach of privacy.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/ksa_ch21.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "Article 61.—CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL RIGHTS 21-6101 Breach of privacy.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "anchor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: criminal statute & elements", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(8) makes it breach of privacy to disseminate an image of an identifiable adult who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, taken where they expected privacy, with intent to harass, threaten or intimidate, and without their consent.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(8) makes it breach of privacy to disseminate an image of an identifiable adult who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, taken where they expected privacy, with intent to harass, threaten or intimidate, and without their consent.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“disseminating any videotape, photograph, film or image of another identifiable person 18 years of age or older who is nude or engaged in sexual activity and under circumstances in which such identifiable person had a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to harass, threaten or intimidate such identifiable person”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "disseminating any videotape, photograph, film or image of another identifiable person 18 years of age or older who is nude or engaged in sexual activity and under circumstances in which such identifiable person had a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to harass, threaten or intimidate such identifiable person", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "criminal statute & elements", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: AI / digitally altered images", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(8) expressly covers images created, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means to depict the person (added by L. 2024/2025 amendments).", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(8) expressly covers images created, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means to depict the person (added by L. 2024/2025 amendments).\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“This includes disseminating any videotape, photograph, film or image that has been created, in whole or in part, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means to appear to depict or purport to depict such identifiable person”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "This includes disseminating any videotape, photograph, film or image that has been created, in whole or in part, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means to appear to depict or purport to depict such identifiable person", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "AI / digitally altered images", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c4", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: hidden-camera recording element", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(6) separately criminalizes filming an identifiable person who is nude or in a state of undress without their consent or knowledge, with intent to invade privacy.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(6) separately criminalizes filming an identifiable person who is nude or in a state of undress without their consent or knowledge, with intent to invade privacy.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“another identifiable person who is nude or in a state of undress, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other person”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "another identifiable person who is nude or in a state of undress, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other person", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "hidden-camera recording element", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c5", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: penalty", "summary": "Under K.S.A. 21-6101(b)(2), violations of (a)(6) or (a)(8) are a severity level 8 person felony, rising to severity level 5 on a second conviction within five years.", "body": "Under K.S.A. 21-6101(b)(2), violations of (a)(6) or (a)(8) are a severity level 8 person felony, rising to severity level 5 on a second conviction within five years.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“subsection (a)(6) or (a)(8) is a: (A) Severity level 8, person felony, except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B); and (B) severity level 5, person felony upon a second or subsequent conviction within the previous five years”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "subsection (a)(6) or (a)(8) is a: (A) Severity level 8, person felony, except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B); and (B) severity level 5, person felony upon a second or subsequent conviction within the previous five years", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c6", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: website takedown duty / platform exemption", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101 imposes no takedown duty; instead (d)(2) exempts interactive computer service providers for content provided by another person.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101 imposes no takedown duty; instead (d)(2) exempts interactive computer service providers for content provided by another person.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“a provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 230, for content provided by another person”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "a provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 230, for content provided by another person", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "website takedown duty / platform exemption", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c7", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: public-purpose exemption", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(e) exempts (a)(8) dissemination for bona fide scientific, educational, governmental, news or similar public purposes.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(e) exempts (a)(8) dissemination for bona fide scientific, educational, governmental, news or similar public purposes.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“The provisions of subsection (a)(8) shall not apply to a person acting with a bona fide and lawful scientific, educational, governmental, news or other similar public purpose.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "The provisions of subsection (a)(8) shall not apply to a person acting with a bona fide and lawful scientific, educational, governmental, news or other similar public purpose.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "public-purpose exemption", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c8", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: criminal limitation period", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-5107(d) sets a general five-year limitation for crimes not otherwise listed, which would cover breach of privacy.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-5107(d) sets a general five-year limitation for crimes not otherwise listed, which would cover breach of privacy.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“a prosecution for any crime as defined in K.S.A. 21-5102 , and amendments thereto, not governed by subsection (a), (b) or (c) shall be commenced within five years”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_051_0007.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "a prosecution for any crime as defined in K.S.A. 21-5102 , and amendments thereto, not governed by subsection (a), (b) or (c) shall be commenced within five years", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "criminal limitation period", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_c9", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: civil limitation period", "summary": "Kansas has no NCII-specific civil statute located; a tort claim for injury to the rights of another falls under the two-year limitation of K.S.A. 60-513(a)(4).", "body": "Kansas has no NCII-specific civil statute located; a tort claim for injury to the rights of another falls under the two-year limitation of K.S.A. 60-513(a)(4).\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“(4) An action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not herein enumerated.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_005_0013.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "(4) An action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not herein enumerated.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "civil limitation period", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_q1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: separate civil cause of action / damages for NCII; AG victim-guidance page", "summary": "Kansas law provides a two-year statute of limitations for actions for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract.", "body": "Kansas law provides a two-year statute of limitations for actions for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“(4) An action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not herein enumerated.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_005_0013.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "(4) An action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not herein enumerated.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "separate civil cause of action / damages for NCII; AG victim-guidance page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_q2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: separate civil cause of action / damages for NCII; AG victim-guidance page", "summary": "The statute of limitations for an action for injury to the rights of another does not commence until the act first causes substantial injury or the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable.", "body": "The statute of limitations for an action for injury to the rights of another does not commence until the act first causes substantial injury or the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the causes of action listed in subsection (a) shall not be deemed to have accrued until the act giving rise to the cause of action first causes substantial injury, or, if the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the initial act, then the period of limitation shall not commence until the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable to the injured party, but in no event shall an action be commenced more than 10 years beyond the time of the act giving rise to the cause of action.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_005_0013.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the causes of action listed in subsection (a) shall not be deemed to have accrued until the act giving rise to the cause of action first causes substantial injury, or, if the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the initial act, then the period of limitation shall not commence until the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable to the injured party, but in no event shall an action be commenced more than 10 years beyond the time of the act giving rise to the cause of action.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "separate civil cause of action / damages for NCII; AG victim-guidance page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r595_kansas_revenge_porn_and_deepfake_laws_kansas_595_q3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: separate civil cause of action / damages for NCII; AG victim-guidance page", "summary": "Kansas law preserves civil remedies for victims of crimes, allowing for separate civil causes of action or damages.", "body": "Kansas law preserves civil remedies for victims of crimes, allowing for separate civil causes of action or damages.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“21-5105 Civil remedies preserved.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/ksa_ch21.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "21-5105 Civil remedies preserved.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "595-kansas-revenge-porn-and-deepfake-laws", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "separate civil cause of action / damages for NCII; AG victim-guidance page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }